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Absolut paris

nice hostel, small and clean and comfy. rooms are compact. attached
toilets. free breakfast, even though its just croissonts, and bread
and coffee and orange juice.
pretty far from the main tourists things, but very accessible by
subway. free internet.

It is worth while to buy a pack of 10 subway and bus tickets, which
cost 11.50 euro, than to buy individual tickets. in the 3 days, we
used about 10 tickets each.

Brussels
must visit petit rue bouchers. awesome food street with restaurants.
thanks to Mr Dumortier for recommending the place.
the grand place is also very nice.

Amsterdam- stayokay zeeburg

very impressive hostel. clean and large rooms with attached bathroom.
toilet bowl and showers and sink are seperated, so people can use
differet facilities at the same time.
there is wifi facilities, but they only gave 30 mins free per person.
additional time needs to be purchased.

we just missed the flower exhibition which ended on 21 may. a pity.

saundeman's free walking tours are awesome. they give a good idea of
the history and geography of the city. we haven't tried any of their
paid tours.